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CHARLES F. KELLOM, OF DELAIR, NET/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOKILLAM E. BENNETT, OF SAME PLACE.

MEASURlNG-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,345, dated February1, 1898.

Application filed December 10,1895, Serial No. 571,618. (1 T0 n odel.)

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KELLOM, a citizen of the United States,residingat Delair, in the county of Camden, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Measuring-Faucets, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawing.

My invention consists of a measuring-faucet embodying a novelconstruction of the body of the same and combination of parts, and alsoa novel cut-off and air-vent, as will be hereinafter set forth, andpointed out in what is claimed following the specification.

The figure is a vertical section of a measuring-faucet embodying myinvention.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a measuring vessel or chamber, oftransparent material, whose lower end is open, forming the inlet andoutlet opening B, the wall of the opening being coupled with the neck Cof the valve-chamber D, the valve E therein being three-way, as at 1 23, and having connected with itthe operating-handle F.

G designates the discharge-nozzle of the valve, and H designates a pipewhich is connected with the shell of the valve and extends from theplace of supply.

J designates a horizontal rim on the neck C, it being noted that theupper side of said neck C has a vertical shoulder thereon, the sameinolosing the horizontal flange J on the base of the vessel A, while thering M embraces the reduced portion or neck of said base above saidflange, said ring also resting on said flange. Packing is interposedbetween the rim and flange, forming a tight joint between the parts. Theflange and rim are clamped together by the bolts N and nuts N, saidbolts 7 passing through the rim K andring M, it being evident that thevessel is prevented from shifting laterally, owing to the shoulders onthe rim and the bolts N, while the ring M and said bolts N prevent thevessel from rising. t In the top of the vesselA is an opening A, whichis occupied 'by the screw-plug P, and freely resting on the wall of saidopening is a nut Q, between which and said wall is the packing B of anysuitable material.

The lower end of the plug P has a flange P thereon, the same beingadapted to press against the under side of the wall of the open ing A,so that when the plug P is properly rotated the packing It will becompressed against the top of the vessel A about the opening A andproduce a tight joint thereat. In the plug is an air port or vent S,which freely receives the stem T of the float U, which depends from saidstem within the upper part of the vessel A. The upper portion of thefloat has a conical or other shaped valve V thereon, the same having itsseat WV on the lower portion of the port S, so that when the float risesthe valve V occupies its seat W and so closes the port S.

Connected with the upper end of the stem T is a bridge X, of open-work,which rests freely upon the top of the plug P, so that the passage ofair through the port S and said bridge is unobstructed, while the floatU is suspended from the plug by means of the stem T and said bridge.

The floatU is of the form of a hollow body closed at top and side andopen below and has said valve V rising from the top thereof. By

this construction the float is more sensitive in its action of risingwith the entrance of the fluid into the measuring vessel A, and whensaid float drops after the fluid has been dis charged the fluid that hascome in contact with the float will drip quickly therefrom, thusavoiding the formation of deposits thereon, which would weight saidfloat and cause rusting or corrosion and consequently destruction of thesame, which is occasioned where floats are the order of hollow spheres.It will also be seen that the nut Q, which rests on the top of thevessel A, may be tightened from the outside of the latter, so as tocompress the packing of said plug or producing the tight joint, as hasbeen stated, the plug S having therein the air-vent, which forms a guidefor the valve-stem T, while the bridge X, which is also accessible fromthe. outside of the vessel, seats itself on the top of the plug when thefloat is lowered to limit the descent of the same and also form a handlefor releasing the valve should it stick on its seat or the air-ventbecome clogged.

As the vessel A is made of glass, the opening in the top wall thereof isnot screw-threaded, the same being necessarily thin; but here the flangeP of the plug P and the nut Q perform important parts in that they clampsaid plug to said wall, while the nut which rests on said wall has theplug depending therefrom, avoiding the screwing of the plug to the wall,it being evident that the nut Q, which is screwed to the plug, whichparts may be made of metal or hard material, may be carefully screwedagainst the packing R in order to tightly connect the plug with thevessel without injuring the latter.

Owing to the open work nature of the bridge X, air may pass through thesame and enter the vessel even when the float is in its lowermostposition, so that the proper escape of the fluid from said vessel ispermitted.

The operation is as follows: The valve E is rotated so that the ways orports 1 and 3 are in communication with the pipe H and vessel A, wherebythe latter will fill with fluid or liquid to be measured, the way orport 2 being closed against the solid wallof the chamber D. WVhen theproper amount of fluid has entered the vessel, the valve is rotated,whereby the ports 1 and 2 are in communication with the vessel A andnozzle G and so the fluid will discharge through the latter, while thesupply of fluid to the valve is entirely out off, as shown in thedrawing.

Should it be desired to measure the fluid or liquid to the full capacityof the vessel A, the float U will rise and the air escape through theport S, the valve V then closing so that the fluid will be preventedfrom discharging through the port S.

When the fluid is withdrawn from the vessel by the valve E in the mannerhereinbefore stated, the float lowers and the valve V opens, so that airis permitted to enter the vessel, the latter being also supplied withair when said valve is open.

Should it be desired to discharge the fluid through the valve-E withoutmeasuring the same, the ports or ways 2 and 3 are placed incommunication with the pipe H and discharge nozzle G, the port or way 2being closed by the solid wall of the valve-chamber.

The bridge may be widened and its legs lengthened so as to be rested onthe nut W or top of the vessel A.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A measuring-faucet consisting of a valve and a valve-chamber, ameasuring vessel supported on said chamber, a screw-plug passing freelythrough an unthreaded opening in the top of said vessel and having anair-port, a valve -seat and bottom flange, the latter bearing tightlyagainst the under wall of said opening, a nut engaging said plug andbearing tightly against the upper wall of said opening opposite to saidflange, a stem in said port,

a Valve and float connected with the lower end of said stem, and abridge connected with the upper end of said stem, said bridge havingopenings therethrough.

CHARLES E. KELLOM.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, R. H. GRAESER.

